Thoughts on this Babe Ruth article

[dano7]

 

[WizardofOz1982]

My son is amblyopic in his left eye (20/120 or so) and 20/15 in his right eye. I'll have to show him this article. I hadn't thought about it because he doesn't have any issues hitting, or doing anything sight related honestly, but that's still really neat.

 

[metallicalex777]

Looking at the picture in the article, it's REALLY neat to see Ruth watching his hit with his right eye. I wonder how much Ruth valued sight outside of baseball. Seeing his right eye so focused on either the ball hit that is going out of the park (or a UFO, who really knows) raises just enough hairs to think about how that might feel to hit a home-run on a regular basis being nearly blind from medical point of view. Thanks for sharing Dano, that's a super neat article.

 

[nevermore]

Neat read, made me think of this article of his supranormal hand eye coordination.

St. Louis Cardinals slugger Pujols gets Babe Ruth test at Washington University - The Source - Washington University in St. Louis

Daniel Stier / GQ, September 2006El Hombre vs. The BabeBaseball purists, especially those of Yankee allegiance, might argue that St. Louis Cardinals homerun-hitting superstar Albert Pujols is simply not in the same league as legendary New York Yankees slugger Babe Ruth. Science may never settle...

source.wustl.edu

 

[dano7]

My son is amblyopic in his left eye (20/120 or so) and 20/15 in his right eye. I'll have to show him this article. I hadn't thought about it because he doesn't have any issues hitting, or doing anything sight related honestly, but that's still really neat.

Hopefully that will help his confidence!

 

[finestkind]

My niece was born with a amblyopic eye. I don't know how bad her eye sight was. Her eye seems better now. Ted Williams had 20/10 vision. He didn't find out about it until he became a fighter pilot in ww2. And he flew fighter jets with John Glenn in the Korean war.

 

[smapdi]

Interesting, and it's kind of amazing he did so well for so long leaning on one eye. But I guess that's what they're made for and won't wear out. I heard Wade Boggs had 20/12 vision, which helps hitting .360.